"It is a privilege to lead the school that I love for so many years. Even during my days as a student, a dream of mine was to be headmaster of Gilman," Schmick said in an e-mail message to the school community.

When he was named, Schmick told the Board of Trustees that he would only stay for three to five years. He will leave after six years. The board president, Paul F. McBride, praised Schmick's leadership, saying he "took the helm at a time that required stability and skillful management."

Schmick had worked as the lacrosse coach at the private boys school in Baltimore City for about 20 years. His other roles have included financial aid director, dean of students, admissions director, upper school division head and assistant headmaster.

Baltimore County police are investigating a "suspicious incident" at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County that reportedly happened in August, but neither school nor law-enforcement officials revealed details of the matter.

Despite a loud and boisterous protest from a number of students who shut down a meeting of the Baltimore City school board for a time, the commissioners voted Wednesday night on a plan to close several city schools.

When Robert Caret was president of San Jose State University, he was credited with reinvigorating an urban campus mired in racial and community tension, and pushed the Silicon Valley college to embrace the Internet. In the same role at Towson University, he oversaw an explosion of growth and...

The University System of Maryland has named Robert Caret, president of the University of Massachusetts System and a former president of Towson University, as its next chancellor, officials confirmed Wednesday.